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Conditions Treated Lung Cancer Pericardial Mesothelioma Pleural Effusions Pleural Mesothelioma
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specialties & services
Dr. Vigneswaran, a native of Sri Lanka, graduated from the University of Sri Lanka Medical School and then moved to the United Kingdom, where he completed several residencies, at the Newcastle Health Authority, Hull Health Authority, University of Glasgow Hospitals and University of Edinburgh Hospitals. After his residency period in the UK, Dr. Wickii Vigneswaran moved to the United States for his fellowship, studying at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the Mayo Clinic. Currently holding the position of associate chief of cardiac and thoracic surgery, Dr. Vigneswaran is a specialist in cancers of the lungs, such as mesothelioma.
University of Sri Lanka Medical School
Medical School
Newcastle Health Authority, Hull Health Authority and University of Glasgow Hospitals; University of Edinburgh Hospitals (all in UK)
Residency
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; St. Mary’s Hospital, London; Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK; Mayo Clinic
Fellowship
American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
The University of Chicago Medicine
Languages: English/Spanish
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Chicago, Illinois 60637 
Extended Pleurectomy and Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Is an Effective and Safe Cytoreductive Surgery in the Elderly.
Williams, T.,Duraid, H.,Watson, S.,Durkin, A.,Todd, K.,Kindler, H. L.,Vigneswaran, W. T.; Ann. Thorac. Surg.
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Radiologic-pathologic correlation of mesothelioma tumor volume.
Armato, S. G.,Li, P.,Husain, A. N.,Straus, C.,Khanwalkar, A.,Kindler, H. L.,Vigneswaran, W. T.; Lung Cancer.
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Lung Function Predicts Pulmonary Complications Regardless of the Surgical Approach.
Zhang, R.,Lee, S. M.,Wigfield, C.,Vigneswaran, W. T.,Ferguson, M. K.; Ann. Thorac. Surg.
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Predicted postoperative lung function is associated with all-cause long-term mortality after major lung resection for cancer.
Ferguson, M. K.,Watson, S.,Johnson, E.,Vigneswaran, W. T.; Eur J Cardiothorac Surg.
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American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Thoracic Society
General Thoracic Surgical Club
International College of Surgeons
International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Society of Thoracic Surgeons